South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-19

10 Oreenofier county. w. Va. There
are also large inds Of black marble
and graphite and immense quantities
Of limestone. The grounds are GOV .
erad with white pine. white oak aud
~a'nu.. The lands have remained
undevelopoh because VI the want OF
railroads. Now. however, there will
soon be t~o roads. One Is already
completed from P.t,sburg as far south
as Uniontown. and will be pushed
into w. Va, taking q course through
Preston. Tucker, Randolph, Pocahon.
tas and Gieeubrier counties. forming
= junction with the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad at White Sulphur
Springs. Another road is chartered
and will probably be constructed on
English capital, as the uaaagers are
now in England interesting capital
ists there. This road will run from
White Sulphur Springs to Hunters
Vile. Va. The mines will be opened
as soon as an has been secured
beginnin. on what is known as Bob's
R'dgc, running north along the base
Of the Allegany mountains TO Autho.
ny's creek aud taking in Little Iron
mountain. The tract was bought as
ore lands. and to test the ore several
OPENINGS were made. some of them
quite extensive. At one place the
vein of ore was tested to q depth of
fifty feet. and still no bottom found.
Little Iron mountain seem, 10 he one
mass of iron ore. mainly rcd Lcmatite.
In addition to the bematite there is
an abundance of Manganese ore.
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The Pustcfiice Department about
the 18th Of Sepic rsber next will IN Ike
Certain changes in the color and de-
sign OF some Of it's adhesive stamps
and impressed stamps upon envel-
opes. The two.cent adhesive stan.
now is,u u in red will be changed TO
green. The three cent adhesive
stamp, nov issued in green, will be
changed TO vermil ion. The design
Of adhesive stamps will rems;a un.
charged. Ia stamped envelopes the
nj ,utll ka ,.t,o 4
from red to green the four-ceat en-
velope will Re changed from green to
carmine, The five.cen'. from brown
To Tia: k blue the thirty cent, from
black to brown. aud the nine.cent,
from carmine to purple. The design
Of The stamped envelopes will b lso be
the same as now except with the one.
two, iour and eve ce.t denomina-
liCns. Tie heads On these stamps
have been re-engraved and have a
slightly different appearance from the
old stamps, aud The ornamentation
around them is also slightly changed.
Oae purpose in making The changes
in color is } have That Of stamped en-.
velopes correspond, as nearly es pos.
sible, with that of tho adhesive stamp.
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A LIST Of the new vessels completed.
or autboriz ID TO be built
shows that the new navy which Sec.
retary Wuitney is rapidly building
up possesses i've monitors in course
OF completion, for which liberal ap.
have been made. ads.
patch bos'(the ID thin) and cruise,
(the Atlants) completed; tie cruiser
Boston, whose arm1meht is yet to be
completed The cruiser Chicago, it,
complete Two gunbCats IN course of
co struction wo gunboats for which
The contracts are TO be awarded, the
cruiser Newark, not yet contracted
for the cruisers Charleston and Bal
iimore, now building; and the dyna-
mite gunboat which Is also under
way. Two unarnored cruisers. ao
armored CT user aud an armore Ell bat
ilc ship have also been provided for,
the design for the latter having b en-
adop' ed. Designs for first C ass
torpedo boat have been advertised for ,
AID 1t is proposed to purchase the fast
torpe TO boat Sti'ett1. Ia all, there
will he twenty two vessels o. modern
construction, aud these When com
pleted will give US ct leat the nu.
cleus Of something like navy.
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UNITED STATES SENATOR RIDDLE
BERGER was Commit tel TO Jail and
fined TWEEN y FIVE dollars by Judge
Newman for contempt Of court at
Woodstock, Va, Friday. A placafd
was parAiei on tho streets rtflsctir e
on the Judge in case in Which Sen,
atOr Riddleberger vas interested lis
friends broke into ibe Jail Saturday
morning at 2 O'clock and carried h,m
Oft bv force. A great deal OF paTti-
ztn feeling was aroused by The occar.